Makeup

 

I haven't always been a makeup person.

 

When I was in high school I BARELY wore it, as I got older I thought it was a waste of time. However, I have always loved special effects makeup. I remember watching the behind the scenes video of thriller over and over. I was amazed at the entire process.

 

 

While in cosmetology school in 2008 I worked at a local "horror theme park" doing special effects makeup and LOVED it. I did it for the next season as well, but as luck would have it I got back into a crappy relationship with someone who would rather I stayed home than pursue anything he didn't think was interesting.  

 

The moment finally came when I broke free from that poisonous relationship and started seeing someone new. I also (around the same time) joined a belly dance troupe and was able to go as wild as I wanted with my makeup. I also got to "play" with other people's hair and makeup too!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

My husband and I have dressed up a few times as "The Newlydeads" and made appearances at Salem, MA on halloween.

 

 

 

(I made the appliances myself...tutorial soon maybe!?)

 

 

I love being behind the camera as well and have done hair, makeup, lighting, and editing on these next few shots for a photo project.

 

 

(technically I think my husband may have snapped this one of me. It was hard to hold the apple like that, then run back to position.)

 

 

 I also have some fantastic friends who I have collaborated with on photo shoots!

All of the following pictures are from Alysha McCooe Photography and makeup by me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

As you can probably tell....I LOVE halloween!

 

I was the cheshire cat last year

 

and a ventriloquist dummy this year

 



 

Over the past few years I started doing children's face painting at parties and craft fairs.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know where that really puts me. I basically love the art of painting people's faces and maybe one day I can work on a movie with Tim Burton. Wait...where did that come from? hahaha slid that right in there.

 



Warrior Women/The Raven

 

My friends and I got together to shoot yet another installment of "let's dress up and take pictures because why not, we are adults...we do what we want"

 

Alysha is such an amazing photographer. You should go check out her work. I'm lucky enough to have a friend that can take an idea and go crazy with it...I am also lucky enough to have friends that let me paint them up and pose them like real-life dolls!

 

Alysha created a Pinterest Board for inspiration and we all pinned a bunch of stuff and then used it as inspiration.

 

We had a seperate craft day to make all the props and then went for it!

 

I made the animal head covering with an old baseball cap, foam, wire, hot glue, and fake fur!

 

For Kelly and Kim's makeup we wanted to keep it simple. As if they found these colors in the woods:

 

Kelly also wanted some arm bands. I used turquoise to tie in the colors in her necklace. Kelly's hair started off HUGE but the humidity got the best of it and it just fell flat. It was SOOOO hot!

 

Both outfits were made with clothes we had, items from the salvation army, and stuff we made at craft night!

 

 

 

For my costume I wanted wings, but not literally. Then of course I just went insane with the makeup.